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11/27/10, 08:58 PM
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magazine spring in Mossberg 500 wadded up...help...
Just bought a mossberg 500 a few months. I just now took it out and decided to load it up and could only get 2 shells in. upon close inspection I could see that the magazine spring was bunched. Any suggestions? I purchased it 6 months ago online from able ammo.
Is it under warranty? Is it something I could do myself if they sent me the parts?
thoughts...help.....
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11/27/10, 10:15 PM
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Replacement springs are pretty cheap.
If you have a wooden dowel about the size of the inside of the spring, you may be able to straighten it out well enough to work.
It just depends on why it's "bunched up"
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11/27/10, 11:06 PM
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Get this,
I looked even closer and there seems to be a broken dowell rod in there. This thing is brand new from Buds Guns Shop. Here is my problem, I purchased it 6 months ago and just now go it out to load the thing. I left a message with BGS and with mossberg. I will see what Buds has to say.
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11/27/10, 11:36 PM
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Get this,
I looked even closer and there seems to be a broken dowell rod in there. This thing is brand new from Buds Guns Shop. Here is my problem, I purchased it 6 months ago and just now go it out to load the thing. I left a message with BGS and with mossberg. I will see what Buds has to say.
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That broken dowel rod is a spacer that make it legal to hunt ducks with you shotgun. Somebody probity got the spring out of alignment with the dowel rod or it is too big to fit the spring and forced it together. Is it a new one or used? to see if it is new did it come in a box or just loose. If it is a new one it is warranted by Mossberg if it is used it may or not be warranted. A new Plug looks like a dowel rod but has one end that is bigger to catch the spring. The big end is supposed to face away from the spring.
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11/28/10, 12:10 AM
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Should still be under warranty...if not then I would use Gun Parts, inc. They should have what you need.
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11/28/10, 01:27 AM
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You should still have your owner's manual if you bought it new, I have mine for my Mossberg #88 12 g, and Old Vet is right on. "To comply with U.S. migratory bird laws, six shot models are shipped with a wooden dowel inserted in the magazine tube which limits magazine capacity to two (2) shells."
The dowel from mine is about 6 mm in diameter with a rubber O ring at each end.Trying to force a third shell could easily break the dowel and mess with the spring. There also is a one year limited warranty outlined in the instruction book.
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11/28/10, 01:52 AM
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If you don't hunt migratory birds, in most states it's legal to take the plug out and have 5 shells in the magazine.
If it's like a Remington, there's a metal cap at the end of the mag tube that can be pried out with a screwdriver to release the spring.
Do it CAREFULLY since the spring can pop out
Here's a diagram:
http://www.urban-armory.com/diagrams/mossberg.htm
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11/28/10, 03:10 AM
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Not trying to be rude nor impertinent here, but always inspect anything you buy online immediately upon receiving it. Each day that you delay lessens your chance for refund or 'corrective action'. Six months later...you're just past history in the e-world.
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11/28/10, 07:10 AM
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Also be sure to Read the Manual, before you try Loading a new shotgun, or taking it out hunting. Had you read the manual, you would have known about the "dowel rod shell restrictor, in your magazine............
Ask me how I know............
I did the very same thing, last year. Except that when I could only get 2 shells in the magazine, I read the dumb manual.
As already mentioned it comes in nearly all new shotguns of American brands, because of the nationwide restriction or shell Limit for Wild fowl hunting. We all learn..........
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11/28/10, 07:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bearfootfarm
If you don't hunt migratory birds, in most states it's legal to take the plug out and have 5 shells in the magazine.
If it's like a Remington, there's a metal cap at the end of the mag tube that can be pried out with a screwdriver to release the spring.
Do it CAREFULLY since the spring can pop out
Here's a diagram:
http://www.urban-armory.com/diagrams/mossberg.htm |
You need a plug to limit shells to Three (including one in the chamber) if you're using slugs to hunt deer in Ohio as well.
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11/28/10, 08:08 AM
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When My Daughter bought Her 500 Bantam here in Mass. it came with the Required Restriction Plug in it .
Instruction's on How to Remove it
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=212185
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11/28/10, 08:29 AM
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They are sent like that from the factory - the manual states that there's a dowel rod in the magazine tube. There's nothing wrong with your 500, unless you trashed the spring by trying to force too many shells in the magazine. Remove the dowel rod, reinstall the spring, and see if you can cycle shells safely through the action. Next time, read the instructions thoroughly and don't feel too bad. I probably would have the done the same thing had the guy at the gun store told me when I bought my first 500.
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11/28/10, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by timfromohio
They are sent like that from the factory - the manual states that there's a dowel rod in the magazine tube. There's nothing wrong with your 500, unless you trashed the spring by trying to force too many shells in the magazine. Remove the dowel rod, reinstall the spring, and see if you can cycle shells safely through the action. Next time, read the instructions thoroughly and don't feel too bad. I probably would have the done the same thing had the guy at the gun store told me when I bought my first 500.
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I would have to agree as far as what you say there is not that much wrong.I've always liked Mossberg 500 very Good Gun for the money. 
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11/28/10, 11:31 AM
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You need a plug to limit shells to Three (including one in the chamber) if you're using slugs to hunt deer in Ohio as well
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That's why I said "most states"
LOL
A new unsharpened pencil is about the perfect length for a magazine plug.
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11/28/10, 12:18 PM
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I enjoy my 9200 Mossberg 12 ga as well. Have had it 15 yrs and never had any problems with it. In this area, we can "legally" only keep 3 shells in it too, though if spring were removed, it would hold 5.
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11/28/10, 02:11 PM
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This is the second 500 I purchased. The first one did not have it. That is why I was confused on this one.
But, to remove...please help....
It seems that the spring is not removed from the end but at the loading end. COrrect?
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11/28/10, 05:31 PM
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bigrockpile - I agree 100%. Every year around hunting season you can pick up a 500 combo kit for around $279.99 from big box stores like Dicks Sporting Goods, etc. It includes a rifled slug barrel, regular shot barrel, and a decent scope. That's a whole lot of utility for under $300.
Mldollins - if I remember right you unscrew the end of the magazine, remove dowel rod, re-assemble, done. If you still have trouble pm me and I'll go look at one of our 500's and see.
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11/28/10, 05:36 PM
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It seems that the spring is not removed from the end but at the loading end. COrrect?
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It should come out the front, NOT from the loading end
There is probably a clip that holds it in place
I think it's Part 17 on the diagram
The plug should also be at that end
http://www.urban-armory.com/diagrams/mossberg.htm
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